Definition of Pensionaries. Meaning of Pensionaries. Synonyms of Pensionaries

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Pensionaries. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Pensionaries and, of course, Pensionaries synonyms and on the right images related to the word Pensionaries.

Definition of Pensionaries

Pensionaries
Pensionary Pen"sion*a*ry, n.; pl. Pensionaries. [Cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. Pensioner.] 1. One who receives a pension; a pensioner. --E. Hall. 2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.

Meaning of Pensionaries from wikipedia

- advocate. The earliest pensionaries in the county of Holland were those of Dordrecht (1468) and of Haarlem (1478). The pensionary conducted the town's legal...
- nature were sent to the grand pensionary personally. Large parts of the correspondence of the various grand pensionaries have been preserved, forming an...
- list of grand pensionaries of Holland, Zeeland and the Batavian Republic. During the time of the Dutch Republic, the grand pensionary was the most prominent...
- commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled...
- general policy of opposing Habsburg power. Johan de Witt, Dutch Grand Pensionary from 1653 to 1672, viewed this as crucial for Dutch security and a counterweight...
- Bennebroek, Nieuwerkerk etc. (1 November 1585 – 21 February 1653) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653. He was born in Amsterdam...
- November 1641 – 3 August 1720) was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720. Heinsius was an able negotiator...
- (1672–1702) Grand pensionaries (complete list) – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Grand Pensionary (1586–1619) Andries de Witt, Grand Pensionary (1619–1621) Anthonie...
- Gelli****, was a Dutch jurist, amb****ador and politician who served as Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic from 1805 to 1806. Historian Niek Sas called...
- the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2021. "UT Govt denies pensionary benefits to retired employees of JIM&WS". Daily Excelsior. 5 July 2021...